Tablet fuel



Sept 14 9 1926.

. T. e. BLACKLOCK TABLET FUEL Filed Nov. 21, 1925 l N V E NTOR T/Jomas@Black'lorl,

BR W Patented Sept. 14,'.1 926. 1,599,948

UNITED. STATES [PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS G. CBLACKLOGK, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'I'O MRS. THOMASG.

' BLACKLOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. 'Y.

TABLET FUEL.

I Application filed November 21, 1925. Serial No. 70,574.

The present invention relates to compound oughly the wax and fluid andwhile the mix-' fuel and the process of making the same, ture 1s stillhot and liquid thoroughly satuand especially to a compound fuel adaptedrating therewith a mass of combustible ab- 5. for burningin'itscontainer or in a portable sorbent fibrous material having acapillary I '5 stove, and a principal object of the'lnvent on capacity,such as a mass of cotton'fibre, and is to provide a fuel of thischaracter wh ch cooling the saturated mass after solidificae inmanufactured commercial form is SOlld, tion, said mass, after suchsolidification bemoldable and safe and convenient to use, ing cut ormolded into suitable sized tablet 60 and which burns freely, completelyand wlth pieces, and packeted as desired.

l aminimum of residue and substantially soot- In using the fuel it isdesirable that it less, and which is well adapted for the varlshould beburned in a container, preferably ous purposes where a ready to handmeans of tin, designed for the purpose, not shown. 7 ,for providing heatis required, such, as for What I claim and desire to protect byLettoilet-making purposes, cooklng of 11 ht ters Patent is:

l6 meals or infants food, picnics and the 11 e. 1. The fuel makingprocess which consists A feature of the invention is theuse of an inmelting paraffin and adding to the melted absorbent combustible fibrouselement havparafiin gasolene, thoroughly stirring the ing a capillaryand absorbent capacity and. melted wax and gasolene, thoroughlysatuhaving 'the novel function of actlng as a rating with the mixture amass of cotton :0 means for absorbing the other combustible fibre, andcooling the mass for solidification.

elements while they are in liquid form and 2. The fuel making processwhich consists. containing and binding them when they are in melting onevolume of paraflin and adding. solidified, and also having a wick-likefuncto the melted paraffin from one-third to onetion during'thecombustlon of the fuel for half volume of gasolene, thoroughly stirring5 feeding and spreading the combustion area. the melted paraflin andasolene, thoroughly In the accompanying-drawin is shown a saturatingwith the mixture a mass of cot perspective view of my new fue preferablyton fibre, and cooling the massfor solidifi- 1n tablet, rectangularform, with one end cut cation. away to show the cross section thereof.3. As an article of manufacture and sale,

0 In the drawing, A represents the section, a fuel consisting ofparaflin,gasolene and cotof cotton fibres, intermin led, within the tonfibre. body of the tablet, and represents the ,4. As anarticle ofmanufacture, a fuel outer hard surface of the body after cuttingconsisting of one volume of paraflin, approxor molding to requisitesizes, said hard body imately one-third of a volatile inflammable 5being of a modified wax-like material conliquidfuel, and sufficientcotton to absorb taining within it, a volatile fuel element. saidparaflin and fuel and to act as a wick The fuel is made by melting onevolume of therefor. A wax such as parafiin to reduce the wax to a Signedat Poughkeepsie, in the county of liquid an adding thereto fromone-third to Dutchess andState of New York, this 17th 0 one-half volumeof a combustible volatile day of November A. D. 1925;

fluid such as naphtha, benzine or gasolene of the ordinary commercialkind, stirring thor- THOMAS G. BLACKLOCK.,

